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Address book was changed in the latest update. I have been using it as a database of emails in a list view. Please revert back to the way it was. This is horrible. I can't sort by phone number now or any other way. Thanks Bill

Address book was changed in the latest update. I have been using it as a database of emails in a list view. Please revert back to the way it was. This is horrible. I can't sort by phone number now or any other way. Thanks Bill

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Add a new address book as in the attached pictures, choose the TB books.

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It will help if you are specific in what you cannot do. For example, sorting by phone number works fine.

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I used it in list form. There are times when I need to sort my contacts by different headings such as phone number, fax number, etc. Before the upgrade you could have all the different phone numbers as a heading to sort. All I am begging for is thunderbird mail was really handy before the upgrade. It is not handy now please give me back the previous version. Thanks Bill

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Switch to horizontal layout (see first picture), then enable the Phone column (second picture).

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I have phone numbers enabled but it groups them all together. Before there was a heading for all different phone numbers

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I believe there is no going back to a prior approach, although some features may reappear in future versions. I say that, not because I'm in the know, but because I see this occasionally. You are always free to propose a change at the URL of bugzilla dot mozilla dot org.

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Does anyone know why a great product was changed to be awkward?

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Before in the upper right corner you could click and choose to see any heading in the database

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wmkydd said

I have phone numbers enabled but it groups them all together. Before there was a heading for all different phone numbers

The Cardbook add-on has the option to display several phone numbers in separate columns, or grouped in a single column.

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/cardbook/

On first install, it automatically imports all existing TB address books.

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That is a great addon that does everything I want. Thank you so much. So far though I have not been able to import my contacts from Thunderbird address book

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Add a new address book as in the attached pictures, choose the TB books.